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Offerings

MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2024-2024

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in Postgraduate studies

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Develop advanced and integrated knowledge of the interdisciplinary field of event studies

2.

Apply event management theories, instruments, and techniques for professional practice in events

3.

Interpret and communicate creative and feasible event design concepts

4.

Identify trends and broader forces impacting the events sector and critically analyse them through the lenses of sustainability and community development

5.

Conduct specialised research relevant to events and festivals, for both academic and industry audience

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

The unit covers the following topics:

  1. The Inter-disciplinary foundation of event studies
  2. Event industry overview and current trends
  3. Event design, management and marketing
  4. Event operations and logistics
  5. Events and public policy
  6. Event Impacts - Events as a means for sustainable community development
  7. Event experiences
  8. Research methods in event studies